Artificial football pitches - made primarily of plastic - have several significant drawbacks that make them widely unpopular ...

But according to one historian, this patch of land might hold a surprising piece of sports history: the oldest known football pitch in the world. Ged O’Brien, a sports historian and founder of the ...

Findings predate founding of Football Association by centuries and could explain Scotland’s early dominance of international ...

is the birthplace of football now claims to have discovered the world’s oldest known football pitch - and it's north of the border. Ged O’Brien, a former president of the Association of Sports ...

Artificial football pitches - made primarily of plastic - have several significant drawbacks that make them widely unpopular at elite level. Though the surfaces have improved dramatically since ...

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